As usual it was a British word first. I do have a discussion
about once a week about words I use as an American over the words used around
me here in England.
Soccer is shorthand for association. As in Association
Football, it was a way to distinguish it from rugby. Originally Britain had
Rugby Football shortened to “ruggers” and Association Football was shortened to
“soccer.”
It's not an American word at all, it was a British word... “And the Brits used it often—until, that is, it became too
much of an Americanism for British English to bear." (Uri Friedman: a senior associate editor at The Atlantic)
I do find it interesting that what makes America different is not what America did, but what other countries did to make it
different.
No matter if it’s called soccer or football I am staying up
for tonight’s Ghana vs USA and eating a slice of this cake I made in support of
the USA team!
It’s a basic vanilla cake with red and blue swirls. It has a
vanilla buttercream underneath the fondant. I used blue and red food color
paste with a little vodka with a stencil of the USA soccer shield!
They have a tough first set, but I think they will put up a
good fight!
Are you watching the World Cup? What team are you supporting?
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| me in the 2010 USA World Cup jersey |
GO USA!
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